Roof and shingle therefor



June 5. 1928. I

W. R. DURBIN ROOF AND SHINGLE THEREFOR Filed May 9, 1927 7/12 ATTORNEY 25 tion,

Patented June 5, 1928.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM R; DURBIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ROOF AND SHINGLE THEREFOR.

Application filed May 9, 1927. Serial No. 189,864.

My invention relates to improvements in roofs and shingles therefor.

One of the objects of'my invention is to provide a novel shingle roof in which the shingles thereof are so interlocked as to be held from being'warped or lifted by wind, which have a relatively small portion subjective to the lifting action of the wind, which wilI shed the water effectively, which 1 will form a'roof which is very ornamental, durable, not liable to get out of order, which is easily and quickly laid by an inexperienced person, and which is relatively inexpenslve.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel shingle, having a form which enables its manufacture without waste from a strip of suitable material, and which, may be employed in a roof without any considerable amount of waste material. The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred form of my inven- ,Flg. 1 is a plan view of a roof embodying my improvement, a part being broken away. Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of a strip from which the shingles may be made,

shown out into shingles.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental plan view of parts of two shingles embodying my improvement and shown partly interlocked with each other, a portion of one of I 85 the shingles being outwardly turned.

a plan view showing three of v Fig. 4 is my improved shingles in their relative operative positions.

Fig. 5 is a plan view. of one of my improved shingles.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views. I

Each of my improved shingles in its entirety is provided with a body 1, preferably rectangular, as shown, Figs. 2, 4 and 5, and from the lower edge of the body depends a neck the side edges 2 of which preferably converge downwardl and are between and respectively spaced rom the side edges of the body 1.

At the lower end of the neck is a head, which is provided at its opposite side edges respectively with two cars 3, the outer edges of which may also converge downwardly.

The lower edge of the head may be parallel with the upper and lower edges of the body 1, as shown.

The body 1 is provided with two upwardly converging slits 4 disposed respectively between the side edges of the. body 1 and the side edges 2 of the neck.

The upwardly convergin slits 4 are for the purpose of receiving therethrough the adjacent cars 3 of adjacent overlapping shingles of like form, and the slits 4 are inclined in a direction converging upwardly in each shingle, so that the wind operating under the exposed lower edge of the shingles of the overlying row, will tend to draw the ears 3 thereof tighter into the slits 4 through which the ears extend, as will be more fully explained.

By having the-slits 4 converging upwardly to insert the ears 3, which are diverging, as shown, it is necessary to compress and bow the head of the shingle, and then to permit the head to spring back to flat condition. This construction increases the se curity of the interlock, as the wind would have a tendency of drawing the ears 3 tighter into the slits 4 due to the upward convergence of the latter.

In la ing the roof, the necks and heads of the rst lower row are cut off along the lower edge of the bodies 1, as indicated by the transverse dotted line across the. bottom shingle in Fig. 4. The shingles of this row are laid with the lower edges of the bodies 1 at the bottom. Upon and overlapping the first row of shingles, which may be indicated by A, Fig. 1, is laid the second row B, comprising, full sized shingles excepting at the ends. The shingles of the row B are laid, as in the first row, edge to edge and the ears 3 of each shingle are respectively extended through the adjacent slits 4 in the adjacent shingles in the row A, as shown in solid and dotted lines in Fig. 4.

Two securing nails 5, Fig. 4, may be driven through each two adjacent shingles of the row B and through the underlying shingle of the row A.

As the shingles of the rows are in staggered relation to the shingles of the next overlying rows, at the right and left edges of the roof right and left half shingles will be employed, as shown in Fig. 1. For example, the last shingle to the right in row B will have its right half extend beyond the right end of the last shingle. to the right in row A. This projecting half is cut off and is laid at the extreme left of row B, thus filling out this row, so that the right and left edges of all theshingles at the extreme right and left of the roof will aline.

After the row B has been laid, the shingles of row C are laid so as to overlap the row B with their ears 3 extended through the slits 4c in adjacent shingles, as was described with the shingles in row B.

The remaining rows are then laid in turn until the top row is reached, at which time, the neck and head portions which were cut I .from the shingles in row A are laid upon the uppermost row with the ears 3 extended through the slits 4 in the row next below.

The side edges 2 of the neck of each shingle are upwardly diverging at substantially the same angle as and parallel with the slits 4c of the shingle, which are distant therefrom or at opposite sides of the neck. This divergence of the side edges of the neck combined with the horizontal lower edges of the body and neck impart an hexagonal mosaic design to the roof after it has been fully laid.

llhe converging slits 4: in each shingle effeet, in addition to making a secure interlock between the shingles, the further function of guiding the water toward the middle of the shingle, the portion of the shingle next to slit and under which the ear extends being lifted by the under shingle, so that its oblique exposed edge serves to guide the water toward the middle of the shingle next below. This overlapping portion next the slit also serves to hold down the underlying head of the shingle below, so that the wind can not raise the latter along the exposed lower edge thereof. Thus both side edge portions of the head of each shingle are firmly held down by the inclined overlapping portions of the two shingles next adjacent thereto at the side edges thereof.

In Fig. 1, the arrows indicate the direction the water will take as it passes down one tier of shingles. The uplifting of the portions along the slits where the ears enter causes the water to be guided thereby toward the middle of the shingles.

As shown in Fig. 2, the shingles may be out without any waste from a strip of suitable width, the half end portions formed at the beginning and end of a strip being adapted for use at the side edges of roofs.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. A shingle comprising abody, a neck depending from the lower edge of the body and having its side edges respectively spaced from and between the side edges of said body, and a head at the lower end of the neck having at opposite side edges respectively two ears which project beyond the side edges respectively of said neck, said body having two slits which converge upneck having at opposite side edges respec-- tively two ears which project beyond the side edges respectively of the neck, said body having two'slits which converge upwardly from the lower edge of the body be tween the side edges respectively of the neck and the side edges of the body, the vertical length of said ears corresponding substantially to the distance vertically of the upper ends of said slits from the lower edge of the body each of said slits being adapted to receive therein one of the ears of an overlapping similar shingle.

3. A shingle comprising a body, a. neck depending from the lower edge of the body and having its side edges respectively spaced from and between the side edges of the body, and a head at the lower end of the neck having at opposite side edges respectively two ears which project beyond the side edges respectively of the neck, said body having two'slits which converge upwardly from the lower edge of the body between the side edges respectlvely of the neck and the side edges of the body, the side edges of said neck diverging upwardly from said ears at substantially the same angle as and, parallel with said slits which are respectively distant therefrom, each of said slits being adapted to receive therein an adjacent ear of a similar overlapping shingle.

4. A shingle comprising a substantially rectangular body, a neck depending from the lower edge of the body and havin its side edges respectively spaced from an between the side edges of the body, and a head at the lower end of the neck having at oppo- {site side edges respectively two ears which 1 project beyond the side edges respectively of the neck, said body having two slits which converge upwardly from the lower edge of of the body between the side ed es respectively 'of the neck and the side e ges of the body, the side edges of the neck diver 'ng upwardly from said ears at 'substantlally the sameangle as and parallel with said slits which 'are respectively distant therefrom, the vertical le'n h of said ears corresponding substantial y to the distance vertically of the upper ends of said slits from the lower edge of the body; each of said slits being adapted to receive therein one of the ears'of an overlapping similar shingle.

5. In a roof, a horizontal row of shingles disposed edge to edge; the lower edge of each shingle having two slits coverging upwardly therefrom, a second row of shingles overlapping the first row and each provided at its side edges with twoears which extend respectively through the slits adjacent there to in the adjacent shingles in the first row, and provided each with two slits which converge upwardly from the lower edge thereof and are disposed above and spaced from its ears, and a third rowof shingles overlapping those of the second row, each shingle of the third row having at its side edges two ears which extend respectively through the slits adjacent thereto in the adjacent shingles of the second row.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM R. DURBIN. 

